Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] at the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She simply nodded , but her heart sank at the prospect implied by his cold clipped tones . |
| 2 | It seems to me however that the terms presumption and exception as national guidance stands at the moment go together in the context of greenbelt . |
| 3 | One study looking at the protection provided by the two drugs against histamine induced bronchoconstriction suggested a more than fourfold difference in potency . |
| 4 | Over half the female nurses in a study presented at the meeting said members of the general public believed that male nurses were gay . |
| 5 | When the last figure had gone , the liftmaster stabbed at the button operating the ramp . |
| 6 | But there was no reply , and when Belinda turned from the front passenger seat to look at the artist stretched out in the back , she saw that Faye had the back of her hand pressed against her mouth to stifle her sobs . |
| 7 | A publicity photograph had shown one of the Doonettes , the electrifying step-dancing duo which performs with the band , caught with skirt raised at the back to reveal considerably less than might be observed on Whitley Bay sands , let alone the Riviera . |
| 8 | And anytime they got in a fix , they called on the children to lift paper masks ( given out free and serving as a programme on the reverse ) to their faces and give a special Care Bear Stare at the stage to overcome Coldheart 's evil intent . |
| 9 | ‘ Werner Keitel was an Abwehr agent employed at the time to select deep cover agents . |
| 10 | On the other hand , some of the freeholders seeking patronage demurred at the price expected . |
| 11 | Myles edged in , hands twisting the brim of his hat , while the young priest stood at the door looking curiously on . |
| 12 | Only a boy lives at the hotel to act as watchman with his goats and chickens . |
| 13 | Applying Kirchhoff 's voltage law to the output circuit and assuming that the feedback network negligibly loads it However , Kirchhoff 's current law applied at the input gives and so from which the closed-loop output impedance is |
| 14 | However , when you ask the first child to look at the card written on the piece of paper , it is the correct one . |
| 15 | East Germans in Prague said they had seen building work begin at the weekend to make it more effective . |
| 16 | In this way each electron arriving at the detector generates an electrical pulse which can be amplified and counted . |
| 17 | The customers in return sneered at the clothing offered to them , and flung it on the ground . |
| 18 | This shows that the voltage delivered at the maximum rated current ( 75mA ) is still more than 9V . |
| 19 | A constable appeared at the door to say that DI Eddy Russell was on the phone for the superintendent . |
| 20 | The local vet arrived at the farm to examine the carcases . |
| 21 | A thin-faced man , balding , in a shirt open at the neck to reveal gold chains , a woman , obviously beautiful in spite of the quality of the photograph , with her hair tied under a scarf Princess Grace style , and another man with a look of the Mediterranean about him whose face was partially obscured by sunglasses . |
| 22 | A man representing the Cape Town Censor Board arrived at the theatre bearing an order to stop it from being given because Chrimes , as the Scarlet Woman , was ‘ improperly dressed ’ . |
| 23 | After lunch the Community gathered at the door to wave goodbye , and as the coach drew away , several happy people promised to return soon to Brettargh Holt . |
| 24 | A pressure group with membership composed of affiliates from the trade unions , friendly societies , Co-operative Society committees , the Free Church Council , and others , the Conference claimed at the outset to have the support of over ten million people . |
| 25 | The coroner bawled at the porter to follow them and , for the second time that day , Athelstan heard the confession of a man about to meet Death . |
| 26 | K-Swiss continue the theme of protection , support and stability with its Grancourt Gstaad tennis shoe , again a shoe for both men and women which is constructed by combining sock lasting in the fore part and board lasting at the heel to support and stabilise the foot . |
| 27 | Maybe this picture of ‘ the river god laughing at the water tickling him ’ could be more spontaneous , but it 's very attractive . |
| 28 | Erceldoun immediately rushed into his story , how the King decided at the banquet to return to Kinghorn and summoned both Seton and himself to ride with him . |
| 29 | Figure 6.6 The slave making ant species Formica subintegra shown at the top has an enormously enlarged Dufour 's gland compared with a more typical ant species such as Formica subserica , shown below . |
| 30 | The Australian court construed the agreement and concluded that the contract was not void , because the sellers had impliedly warranted that the wreck existed at the spot specified . |